Labeling-machine.



T. GOATES.

LABELING MACHINE` APPLICATION FILED 00120, 1911.

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F.00ATBa v LABELING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED OGT. 20, 191 1,088,208. Patented Feb. 24, 1914.

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WJTNESSES.- W5 N VENTO'R,

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F. COATES.

LABBLING MACHINE.

APPLoATIoN FILED 00T. zo, `1911.

Patented Feb. 24, 1914 5 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

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ATTORNEY.

F. GOATBS.

LABELING MACHINE.

' APPLIOATION FILED 00T. zo, 1911.

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WITNESSES.' [NVE/V701@ TTORNEY.

F. GOATES.

LABELING MAGHINE. APPLICATION HLBD 00T. zo, 1911.

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4 Patented Feb.24, 1914 IVTNESSES: .INVENTO ATTORNEY,

"tibi lllerllhl@ PATENT @hilltllllil FREDERICK COATES, F NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO STANDARD AUTUMATIC MACHINE COMPANY, 0F ROCHESTER, NEW' YORK.

YORK, A CORPR-ATIGN OF NEW LABELNG-MACHINE.

,cesena Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 24:,

Application filed october 2o, 1911. serial no. 655,704..

f7o all @7mm it may concern:

Be it known that-I, FREDERICK CoATns, a citizen of the United States of America, .and resident of New York, in thecounty of a New York and State of New York, have invented 'certain new and; useful Improvements in Labeling-Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. l0

automatically applying labels onto boxes, or other objects to be labeled, which labels may be applied on one side only, or on more than one, or around all sides of the box.

The invention as carried out for the fullest capability thereof resides in a machine comprising means for automatically delivering boxes, or other objects, to receivers or carriers 'which respectively take them individually and convey them subject to the action of gumniing means, which means also imparts a surfacing of O'uxn on the under-side of a Hat faced member or members adjacent and bodily movable in .conjunction with each of the box carriers, such machine further comprising means :for moving a label support with` labels thereon, so that the uppermost one of the -Ilabels becomes adherent on the rammed surface oi the box, und on the surface ot the gum receiving member or members adjacent which the box is brought, the said machine moreover comprising a set, or duplicated sets, of label folding:r or wrapping mechanisms or inturners together with ineansfor both peilingi the bores from the box carriers and tor striiiipingthe labels from adhesion on said lrum surfaced members, and forcing the boxes with the labels into the folding mechauisins, so that the labels will be wrapped partially or entirely around the boxes, and stuck thereto. Ein, object of this invention is to produce a machine ot' extremely simple and inearpensive character; and the machine is., tfurthermore, by reason of the organization or combination and arrangement of the parte thereof, susceptible of being rendered a duf plex machine whereby the labeling' opera tions are simultaneously performed ou two boxes, thus correspondinfly increasing the operative cai 'wil Other obje an l advantages are attained in and by the org' nized nicchanisnris will hereinafter be rendered apparent.

This invention relates to a` machine for- The invention is described in conjunction with the `accompanyin,g drawings and is set forth in the claims.

In the drawing -Figure l is a plan view of. the duplex box labeling machine with the upper feed table and pair of box guiding chutes omitted. Fig. 2 is a front elevaH tion of the complete machine; Fig is a View showing the parts of the machine in horizontal section and partial plan view as seen at and below the plane indicated by line f5-3, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a ver-tical cross sectional-view on line 4`ll, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a sectional View through the gum box and its gum roll as talrenon line .Vi-5, Fig. l, showing in elevation a .box carrier with a box therein and gum receiving members oppositely disposed in relation to the box carrier. Fig. G is a perspective view showing the construction of the lower portion of one of the box guiding chutes and its relation to a boxA carrier. Fig, 7 is a partial vertical sectional view on line 7-7, Fig. 1; and Fig. 8 is a. sectional elevation through one of thov folding mechanisms showing the position of partsvin relation thereto at the time the plunger is forcing a. box from the box carrier into the folding box.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all of the views.

In.` the drawings A represents the main support or bed o' the machine provided with "uprights a c at opposite sides oit one end portion of such bed, formed with vertical ways a2 for slides a3 to be hereinafter referred to. Centrally between the slides is the circulai` .and revoluble table-lilte sup-j port 'or dial B which marginally thereof is provided with a rectangularly spaced series of receivers and. carriers C :for the boxes which. are .ted thereinto gravitatively by their guidance down the chutes D D. ln the. machine here represented, there 'are six of the box carriers C, four thereolE being visible in Fig. l and two thereof atthe front and ot the machine being concealed t heads E E. 'Each box car-- i' substantially the form of a ver- 'h or, otherwise described, that and `ottomless box and from which its front rertical wall is absent; and cac-li box carrier is supported outside of the margin ot the intermittently 'revolublc support or dialB by the. horizontal segmental lune-liet plates c which .are screwed on the ity of other parts, it is understood that their lower delivery portions are directly over the box carriers C C at the points 10 and 12.

Each box carrier has provision so that a box delivered thereinto from one of the chutes will be prevented from falling downwardly through the carrier, but will be yieldingly retained in the carrier with its bottom as low as, or very slightly lower tha`n, the bottom of the carrier; and as most particularl shown in Fig. 7, the carrier has on one si e thereof a retaining finger d through the upper extremity of which a retainingscrew d1 is loosely passed, while through an aperture in aninterinediate partA of the linger the shank ofa headed screw Z2 is passed for penetration into the side wall of the box carrier. Between the head of the screw d2 and the outer face of the finger is a spiral springdg; and the lower extremity ci* of the finger is slightly inwardly turned to form a shoulder', or retainer for intercepting the box when it has come fully to7 or slightly below, the bottom of the box carrier.

`There are, oppositely in relation to the box-carrier, a pair of bars or plates F F arranged ina line with each other which is perpendicular to a radial line from the center of the dial B, so that one travels in adi supported by the bracket plates c at .their `vinder sides and at the outer edge portions of auch plates; and the flat surfaces ofthe under sides of all of these plates are all in the same horizontal plane, which, as most clearly represented in Fig. 5, is coincident with the level assumed by the bottom surface of abox when fed to and retained withm The intermittent revoluble mm'emcnt isl imparted to the dial like 'support B by. means as follows:-'l`he said support B is made with a hub hating at its lower portion a flange B2 provided witha set of G rectan gularly spaced studs B3 with which coacts :i pawl B carried by a slide B5 which'is re.. ciprocated by pitman rod B connected. to said slide and cceentrically to a wheel B7 which is mounted on tlie'countershaft. lll driven through the gears H and H from the power shaft H4 on which the belt pulley H5 is shown. rlhe wheel BT also has a path cam J which actuates the, plunger mechanism.

lOne-sixth way around. fromI the location of each chute and box carrier thereunder, with its appurtenant bars F F and the gum roller, is a label pile support K, the dialnet rieally opposite pair of these being fully shown in plan in Fig. 3, while only one thereof is visible in Fig. 2. Each label pile support consists ot' a comparatively long and narrow table having a depending stein K2 vertical y guided through the bed of the machine and relatively to which stein an elevating spring K3 is applied, as seen in Figs. Zand lt, so that when the table is not restrained, by means to be hereiiiafter referred to, in its lowered position. it, with the pile of labels c thereon, will be spring pressed' upwardly so that the uppermost label will be carried, by its intermediate portion7 against the bottom of the box while its end portions will be forced against the under faces of-the guin receiving members FF. The little label tables K K have upstanding pins or rods 7.32 for keel'iiiig the labels in place, while at the front is a spring frame 7e3 which may be forwardly swung to open the label receiving-.space for the easy insertion of fresh supplies oflabels as they are needed. The means for retaining the label pile supports in their lowered position for thegreatei" part of the time andi'or readily permitting them to rise is combined with the plunger mechanism which is appurtenant to the means for ejecting the boxes from the box carriers and. which is coopera tive with the box folding inechanisn'x.

At the front and rear of. the machine, and one-sixth way around from the locations of the label pile supports are the folding boxes L L, such relative locations being seen in Figs. 3 und Lt; and one of these folding boxes is represented in sectional elevation in Fig. S. These folding boxes are of substantially rectangular tubular form having` their open tops or mouths slightly below the level of the bottoms of the gum receiving plates F F and the bottoms ol.' the box carriers; and they are provided with opposite in wardly extending brushes j having opera tive eiect for the wrapping actions of the labels to U-frnfm relatively to the boxes torced intov the folding mechanism. Each .label -folding or wrapping mechanism, in-

cluding tliet'olcliiig box or throat coml'nrising portionL, also comprises tirst and t second inturners, generally represented ti o Loeazoo by M and iv, the first one of these inturners being actuated by the plunger mechanism, wh'ile the secondv one N is actuated by co action therewith of the revoluble dial B.

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. i`olding mechanisms,

f The plunger mechanism comprises the aforementioned pairI of vertical slideways f4.2, c?, in which the slides g g are fitted for vertical movements, said slides being united by the cross bar 71 to the centrally located hanger k2 of which the cam operated lever O has connection, such lever being intermediately pivotally mounted at z' while its end which is adjacent the aforementioned path cam y' is provided with a friction roller 2 having engagement in a usual manner in the cam groove. The aforementioned forward membersE E are to all intents and purposes as one with the slides g, and they have depend-ing plungers l), 1), the saine being in vertical alinement with the centers of the and also so positioned that in their descent they will enter and pass through an opposite pair of the box carriers for the expulsion of boxes therein from the latter down into the throats oi the folding mechanisms. Each reciprocatory slide g has at the. lower end thereof a downwardly and outwardly inclined or cam shaped lbar j, the opposite pair of these being shownjn Fig. l, while the front one is shown in Figs. 2 and 4; and each one of these cani shaped bars j coacts with an opstanding arm of a bell crank lever Q, the more or less nearly hori-v zontal arm of which has engagement with the stud or shoulder m of the depending guiding and supporting rod K2 of the label pile support K. rlhus when the plunger mecl'ianisn'x is "in its elevated position, 'the blank pile supports will be depressed but when the plunger mechanism is lowere the bell cranksQ are permit-ted to so swing as to leave the blanlr' pile supports subject to the elevating actions of their springs .K3 to force them up against the bottoms of boxes infbox carriers thereover and against the lower faces of the gum receiving inemlfiers l? Ff The tir-st i inturner M of each ,label wrapping or folding mechanism consists oi' more or less nearly upright swinging lever pivoted at o. having at its upper and linger plate y. land also provided at its upper portion with the roll o: againsty which impinges a.

ram lilo.- bar j carried by, and in depending relation to one of the lslides oit the .plunger mechanism, this inturning device and its means for towing it to itsl norn'ial position voutwardly just; described` being duplicated a t :liront and rear sides of the n'uichine, while 'the means tor :forcing each oi' these intorn- -iers inwa div over and across the throat of the "l ding box, when the elevated position e cani bar .1/ pern'iits, consists in the simple provision ot espiral spring p2; The motions are time/.l so that the lirst inturner M will be moved inwardly over the throat of the folding mechanism and will then outwardly retreat before the second inturner N is operated;

Each duplica-ted .second inturner N consists of an ul'istanding levers pivoted at s2 'and having at its upper end a rigid or inpivotally mounted on. -the crank-'like or wrist portion s3 and is downwardly drawn by the spring t2, its extremity always retaining bearing on the upper edge portion of the wall of the folding box L.

The edge portion ofthe dial is made with shoulders u, the saine being produced by the simple expedient of forming recesses in the under surface of the marginal portion of the dial, these shoulders having, when they reach the roller provided extremity of the angular lever-like and swinging supportfor the inturning linger t, a draggingeffect on such lever-like support for the proper inward opi eration of the inturner; and in this action as the dial B progresses or has its revolubly progressing movement, pass from engagement over and away from the rolleil as permitted by the slight descent of su'ch roller incidental to its movement in a slightly downward and inclined arc. `When the shoulder z 0 shall have freed itself .from the roller 8', the spring a will be eiieo-- tive to outwardly return the :ond inturner to its normal inactive position. ln this maits shoulder ul will` chine there are 6 recesses forming six otthe-- shoulders u, and the level lower ed O'e portionl n n n D of thedial B 1s continuous between one shoulder forming recess and another. Therefore, .in practice the second inturner after having been inwardly moved remains inwardly during the short period of one step like movement of the dial.

ln the operation olf the machine supplies of labels are provided on both of the little label tables or i elevators K, and boxes iilled, for contents, are provided into the chutes l) D. by being slid thereinto from the upper feed table R, as will be clearly understood ou reference to Fig. et. started, the box carriers C C will successively come to and pass under the delivery ends' of the chutes receiving the box therefrom; the bottom of the boi: will be, as bcfore stated, fully low as the lower open end of the hon'. carrier and tion of, the guinming roll ti. in the step by step revolulole movements of thedial, the

The machine being will be brought "onto, and subiected to the. ,gum delivery acinst-ance, with 'cartridges or other i. a o' the box from the box carrier.'

. tom gum receiving surfaces, substantially at messes mcml also move, and means for periodically elevating the label support, relatively to the box-carrier and said member, a tolding mechanism to a position over which the box-carrier moves, and means for forcing a box from the box-carrier and with it a label, ro the action of the folding mechanism,

ln a labeling machine, in Combination, a revoluble box carrier having a gum receiving member adjacent thereto, and means for moving the carrier and said member in unison, a gum roll in Contact with which said gum receiving member moves, a sup-l port for labels and means 'for moving same whereby a label thereon will become adherent on said gum receiving member, means for folding a label relatively to a box, and means for forcing a box from the box carrier and with it a label from adhesion on said rum receiving member to the action of the iolding mechanism.

3. In a labeling machine, in combination, a box carrier having a box exposing and delivery opening at its bottom and means for yieldingly retaining a box therein, a gum mer over which a box carrier is movable whereby the box receives therefrom a surfacing of gum on its bottom, a holder for a pile of labels, and means for moving it vertically whereby a label becomes adherent on the gum surfaced bottom ot' the box, means for imparting a progressive Inovement to the box carrier whereby it has poi sitions successively over the gummer and the label holder and means for expelling el. .ln a labeling machine, in combination, a revoluble downwardly opening box-carrier, and horizontal members having flaty bottom gum receiving surfaces,v substantially at the level of the bottom of the carrier, and located adjacent, and in advance and to the rear of the latter as regards its line of travel, a glimmer, and a vertically movable label support over which the carrier and said gum receiving members are successively moved, means for intermittently re volnbly moving the carrier and said members, and means for periodically ineving the label supportupwardly relatively lto the carrier andl said members.

5. ln a labeling machine, in combination, a revoluble downwardly opening box-carrier and horizontal members having flat botthe level ofthe bottonrof the carrier, `and in advance and to the rear ci the latter, a giunmer, and a vertically movable label support over which the carrier and saidgum receiving members are successively moved means tor intermittently revolublymoving the carrier and seid members, means for periodicallymoving the label support up wardlv 'relatively to the carrier and seid vfaced bottoms, a site gum boxes having gum rollers therein,

t i; and ans tor eyecemg nos downwardly out from the carrier thereby stripping' the label from its adhesion on the gum receiving memberss In a labeling machine, in con'ibination, a revoluble downwardly opening box-yarrier and horizontal members having 'flat bottom gum receiving surfaces, substantially at the level of the bottoni of the carrier and in advance and to the rear of the latter as regards its line of travel, a gmnmer, a verti# cally movable label support and a wrapping mechanism, all located at different points below the path of the box carrier and said members, and over which they are successively moved, and a plunger above the path of the carrier and vertically alined rela-l tively to the wrapping mechanism, means for intermittently revolubly moving the carrier and said members, means for periodically moving the label support upwardly relatively to the carrier and said members, and means for periodically reciprocating the plunger.

7. In a labeling machine, in combination, a revoluble supportandmeans for intermittently revolubly moving it, having at its outer edge port-ion a regularly arranged series of downwardly opening box carriers and provided at opposite sides of each carrier.

with gum receiving members having flat pair ofdiametrically oppohaving their upper peripheral portions coincident with the level of the bottoms of said gum receiving members, a pair of' di- 4ametrically opposite labcl supports also loelow the box `carriers and gum receiving members, and a pair of'vertically reciproeatf ing plungers alined with the wrapping mechanisms and located above the level of the box carriers, means for periodically and concurrently elevating the label pile supports, and means for sinmllaneously recip rocating said plungers.

8. In a labeling machine, in conil'iination, a revoluble support andvmcans for intermittently revolubly moving it, having marginally a regularly arranged series of downwardly opening box carriers, cach having a spring pressed linger operativeat the bottom of the .carrier lor retaining a box against falling therethrough, and said revoluble support being provided at opposite sides of. each carrier with gum receiving 'members having llat faced bottoms, a-pair oi diametrically opposite gum supplyingI rollers for coaction with the bot-toms of said 1(mm receiving members, a pair of diametri-l eally opposite vertically movable label pile supports beneath the leyel of the gunfire# celving members,a pair of diametrically opposite chutes above the revoluble support for gravitatively feedingboxes to be talren by opposite pairs of the box carriers, e. of vertically reciprocating piangere- M with the wrapping mechanisms and located v above theilevel of the box carriers, means fao for periodically' and concurrently elevating the abel pile supports, and means for simultaneously reciprocating said plungers.

9. ln a labeling machine, the combination of a revolubly movable box carrier and gum receiving me'ml ers oppositely located relatively to the carrier, means for applying gum on the under surfaces ofsaid members, a labcl'pile support located below the level of the carrier and said members, means for yvertically guiding said label support, a

spring for exerting an el vating force to said support, a .pivoted lever engaging the label support and operative to depress it, and a reciprocatory part having a member coacting with, and for controlling' the movements of, Said pivoted lever.y

10. In a labeling machine, the combina tion of a revolubly movable box carrier and gum receiving members; oppositely located relatively to the carrier, means for applying gum on the under surfaces of said members, alabel pile support located below the level ofthe carrier and said members, having a depending guiding stem, provided with a transverse projection, a spring connected to said stem for exerting an elevating force thereto, a pivoted angular lever having an arm thereof in -engagement'with said transverse projection, and operative to depress it, a reciprocatory slide having a cam eoacting with the other arm of said lever whereby the label pile support is alternately lowered, and permitted to ascend under the action of its elevating spring.

1l. In a. machine of the character de- `scribed, the combination with a horizontal chute above the revoluble support for ravitatively delivering boxes at its bottom 1n the path of the carriers, and a gum roll beneath the carrier support so positioned that boxes revolubly conveyed by the carriers will have, by their bottoms, wiping actions on said gum roll.

12. The combination with a horizontal intermittently revoluble table like support having, marginally thereof, a regularly spaced series of upwardly and downwardly opening box receiving carriers each comprising opposite sides and rear upstanding walls, but open at their forward. sides, and each having an outwardly yielding box retaining member, and horizontal bars at 'front and rear of the carriers havin@f gum receiV-' ingY surfaces in a coincident plane which is adjacent the bottom of thecarriers: of a chute above the revoluole support for gravitatively deliveringboxes at its bottom in the path of the carriers, and a gum roll beneath the carrier. support so positioned that boxes revolubly moved in the carriers and the roll.

13. .ln a labeling-machine, in combination, a revoluble downwardly opening box carrier having a gum receiving member adjacent thereto, and means for moving the carrier and said membcrin unison, a gum roll in contact with which said gum r'eceiving member moves, a support for labels and means for moving same whereby a'label thereon will become adherent on said gum receiving member, a vertically pussuged folding box, over which the box carrier is periodically brought, a reciprocatory plunger for the expulsion. of a box downwardly out from the carrier and for therewith stripping a label from the gum receiving member, forcing said box and label into the folding box, and a label inturner for folding an upstanding part ofthe label onto the top of the box.

14. In a labeling machine, in combination, a revoluble downwardly opening box'carrier having gum receiving members at opposite sides of and adjacent the lower portion of the box carrier and means for moving the carrier and said members in unison, a gum roll in contact with which said gum receiving members move, a supportfor labels and means for moving same upwardly relatively to the box carrier and said gum receiving members, a vertically passaged folding box beneath the path of the box carrier, a reciprocatory plunger above the box carrier, vcrtically alined with the folding boxmid a pair of label inturners located adjacent and movable over the top of the folding box, und means for successively oper ating them.

15. In a labeling machine, in combination,

a box carrier having a box exposing and delivery opening at its bottoni, means for yieldingly retaining a box therein, and gum receiving members adjacent and at opposite sides of the box carrier and near the level of the bottom thereof, a gum roll in Contact of the label inturners in one direction upon a reciproca ory f lower surfaces of said bars will have wiping and gum receiving coaction withsaid guru"y :with which said gum receiving members4 mouth ot the folding boX,

the descent of the plunger, and a spring for reversely moving such intnrner, and means for imparting reciprocatory movement to the other inturner.

16. In a labeling machine, in combination, a box carrier having` a box exposing and delivery -opening at its bottom, means for yieldingly retaining a ox in the carrier, and gum receivingmembers adjaeentnnd at opposite sides of the box carrier having their under surfaces near the 'level of the bottom of the carrier, and a revoluble table like support on which the box carrier and said gum receiving members are mounted, a gum roll in Contact with which said gum receiving member isnioverl, a support-for labels and means for periodically upwardly moving saine relatively to said box carrier and said gmn receiving members, a vertically passaged folding box having oppositely located label intnrners, each consisting of a pivotally mounted swinging carrier and a linger projecting inwardly toward the a rec-iprocatory plunger tor the expulsion of a box downwardly from the carrier into the folding box, means for periodically swinging one of the inturners, and shoulders on the revoluble box carrier support ttor temporarily engaging and swinging the other inturner vcrosswise over the mouth of the folding box.

1T. In a labeling machine, in combination,

a. support, and means for imparting a trav' cling movement thereto, means on said support for receiving and holding a box with its bottom exposed, gum receiving members, carried by said support, one in advance, and the other to the riar, ot the box receiver, and having their under surfaces in the same plane, means 'for applying a surfacing et gum on the bottoms ol' said members, a vertically movable label pile support, beneathihe traveling lsupport and having its loca`- tion in the line of travel of said gum receiving members beyond the gum applying means, means for `imparting elevating movements 'to the blank pile support sothat a label thereon becomes adherent on the gum receiving members, means for forcing a box 'out from its receiver therewith stri )infr 7 b the label from said gum receiving and means for folding the label sides of tliebox.

-18.,Infa labeling machine, in combination, a support, and meansi'or imparting a trav cling movement thereto. means on said support for receiving` and holding a box 'with its bottom expo-sed, means i'or guiding lioxes to a. position to be engaged by the box receiver, gum receiving inenibers, carried by said support, one in advance and the other to the rear of' the box receiver, and having their under surfaces in the same plane, means for applying a surfacing of gum on the bottoms of said members, a vertically members, upon the movable label pile support, beneath the travf cling support and having its location in the line of travel of said gum receiving members beyond the gum applying means, means for imparting elevating movements to the blank pile support so that a label thereon becomes adherent on the gum receiving member means for forcing a box vout from its re- I ceiver, .therewith stripping the'label trom said gum receiving members, means 'tor folding portions of the label upon the sides` of the box, and means for inturningl the extremities of the label on the upper end of the box.

Signed by me at Springfield, Mass., in presence of two subseribing witnesses.

FREDERICK COiL'llilS.

lllitnesses:

Wir. H. lnaimmjvs, G. l. Huisman. 

